Educational Management : Major Themes in Education

ISBN-13: 9780415276511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 1824 str.

Sylvia Alexander; H. Tomlinson; Harry Tomlinson

Opis

This collection explores historical and present-day issues in education management, the training and development of leaders, and their roles in leading people and managing resources, and provides a focus on the major management issues which are current throughout the education world.
The articles reprinted here include the management of applied individual psychology; organizational psychology; individual, interpersonal and group interaction; personality theory; leadership theory and organization theory.

Spis treści

Volume One: History and Development of Educational Management Theory

This volume explores the origins and changing focus of the field, the change from education administration to education management and education leadership. The focus is on the linkage of theory to policy at national level and the emerging emphasis on evidence based policy.

Volume Two: Leadership, Managing People and Professional Development

Volume two focuses on the role of the head-teacher, principal or school leader; training programmes for those who are school leaders; teacher motivation and careers; continuing professional development; lifelong learning; accrediting teachers; teachers' lives; teacher professionalism and professional associations; human resource management; leadership; organizational behaviour and school culture.

Volume Three: Managing Teaching and Learning

This volume focuses on managing the changing curriculum in a learning organization; student outcomes; the assessment of learning; the effective schools literature; managing pupil performance - special education, race and gender.

Volume Four: Current Trends and Changing Policy

Areas covered in this volume include General Teaching Council; National College for School Leadership; the use of ICT for both management and learning; learning from business; new accountabilities; school reform; value for money; management within the education service by the private sector; government policy making.